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Samoan Earthquake

Wai`anae Steve

By Wai`anae Steve
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There was a good sized earthquake under the sea off Samoa. A tsuname was produced. Hawaii is under a WATCH waiting to see how big it will be.Tsuname Watch for Hawaii

Wai`anae Steve-------www.waianaecrider.com
Living in Paradise, Leeward O`ahu, Hawai`i, USA
Temperature range yearly from say 95 to 62 degrees F
Only 3 hurricanes in the past 51 years and no damage. No floods where I am, No tornados, No earthquakes
No moles, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, etc. Just the neighbors "wild" chickens

Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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Earthquake (7.6) in Sumatra as well. Near Padang. All connected I reckon.

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Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

Wai`anae Steve Veteran

Wai`anae Steve

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Nuttin' happened here in the islands of Hawaii, but over 100 dead in Samoa. :(

Wai`anae Steve-------www.waianaecrider.com
Living in Paradise, Leeward O`ahu, Hawai`i, USA
Temperature range yearly from say 95 to 62 degrees F
Only 3 hurricanes in the past 51 years and no damage. No floods where I am, No tornados, No earthquakes
No moles, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, etc. Just the neighbors "wild" chickens

Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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Reports are saying 150 dead in Samoa and thousands dead in Sumatra.

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

Al in Kona Grand Master

Al in Kona

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Terrible damage!

Tyrone, have any areas of Australia ever experiences an earthquake? Just curious.

Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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Al, yes Australia is not immune to earthquakes unfortunately. We don't get the sort of earthquakes the "ring of fire" gets, largely because they are earthquakes at the edge of techtonic plates and Australia is bang smack in the middle of it's own plate which is actually the cause of the Indonesian earthquakes. Australia is moving north into Indonesia at 7cm a year I think. We get the sort of earthquakes which are really the buckling of the Australian plate.

Newcastle north of Sydney had a terrible earthquake back in the 80's I think, and here in the west inland from Perth a 6 plus earthquake ripped through the wheat belt in the 60's thrusting areas a few metres higher and leaving big chasms in the east west highway. Small earthquakes are common in Australia but largely go undetected by the public. I remember back in 89 when we had an earthquake in the same area as the 60's Meckering earthquake. I was fishing some fish out of a 5ft fishtank and noticed the water sloshing around for no reason. I didn't really realise what had happened until it was reported to be an earthquake which shook the skyscrapers in town back and forth approx a metre at the top, popping some glass out.

So earthquakes do happen in Oz, but not often or large enough to do any real damage in general.

Best regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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